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CHINESE CHARACTER

qióng

穷

穷

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poor

Numbered pinyin
qiong2
English meanings
exhaust, exhausted, impoverished, hard-pressed, pursue to limit, poor

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 穴; bottom 力.

  • Top

    穴
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  • Bottom

    力

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱穴力

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    tā他jiā家hěn很qióng穷。

    His family is poor.

  2. 02

    bié别qióng穷dānxīn担心。

    Don't worry for nothing.

  3. 03

    qióngrén穷人bù不qióng穷zhì志。

    The poor aren't poor in spirit.

  4. 04

    cóngxiǎo从小qióng穷dào到fù富。

    From poor to rich.

  5. 05

    bù不pà怕qióng穷。

    Not afraid of poverty.

  6. 06

    qióng穷rìzi日子。

    Poor days.

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